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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Gimondi and Anquetil: a Great Rivalry
Felice Gimondi (Ita) start the 50th edition of the Giro d’Italia with bronchitis. He struggled with a fast early pace of the Giro, “I had problems staying with the main challenges early in the race,” said Gimondi.
SPECIAL NOTE: Stage 19 the uphill finish to Tre Cime di Lavaredo was annulled for a irregularities. The controversy stemmed from the high number of riders being pushed up the climb by the Italian tifosi. Stage winner Felice Gimondi was one of those riders. *
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) provided Gimondi the inspiration to excel. Anquetil took the race lead on the four-mountain stage 20, just three stages from the finish in Milan. The Frenchman finished 7th on the stage and gained over 6 minutes on Gimondi. But the Italian fought back the next day on the climb of the Tonale. At the finish in Tirano Gimondi had taken back over 4 minutes and took the Maglia Rosa off Anquetil’s back.
Felice Gimondi held onto the race lead and rode into Milan for the 1967 Giro d’Italia victory.
SPECIAL NOTE: a young Eddy Merckx raced in his first Giro. Merckx scored 2 stage wins, finished 9th overall and 2nd in the Points Competition.
SPECIAL NOTE: Starting in 1967 the Points Classification leader was given a distinctive Red Jersey  .
Stage and Distance |
Stage Winner |
Race Leader |
Stage 1 Treviglio-Alessandria, 135 km |
Giorgio Zancanaro (Ita) |
Giorgio Zancanaro (Ita) |
Stage 2 Alessandria-La Spezia, 223 km |
Antonio Gomez del Moral (Spa) |
Ant. Gomez del Moral (Spa) |
Stage 3 La Spezia-Prato, 205 km |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Ant. Gomez del Moral (Spa) |
Stage 4 Firenze-Chianciano Terme, 155 km |
Dino Zandegu (Ita) |
Ant. Gomez del Moral (Spa) |
Stage 5 Rome-Napoli, 220 km |
Willy Planckaert (Bel) |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Stage 6 Circuit de Palermo, 63 km |
Rudi Altig (Ger) |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Stage 7 Catania-Etna, 169 km |
Franco Bitossi (Ita) |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Stage 8 Reggio d'Calabria-Cosenza, 218 km |
Jean Stablinski (Fra) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 9 Cosenza-Tarento, 242 km |
Albert Van Vlierberghe (Bel) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 10 Bari-Potenza, 145 km |
Willy Planckaert (Bel) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 11 Potenza-Salerno, 160 km |
Rudi Altig (Ger) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 12 Caserta-Blck Haus della Majella, 220 km |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 13 Chieti-Riccione, 253 km |
Georges Vandenberghe (Bel) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 14 Ricione-Lido degli Estensi, 94 km |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 15 Lido degli Estensi-Mantova, 164 km |
Michele Dancelli (Ita) |
Jose Perez-Frances (Spa) |
Stage 16 Mantova-Verona, 45 km ITT |
Ole Ritter (Den) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 17 Verona-Vicenza, 140 km |
Francisco Gabica (Spa) |
Silvano Schiavon (Ita) |
Stage 18 Vicenza-Udine, 169 km |
Dino Zandegu (Ita) |
Silvano Schiavon (Ita) |
Stage 19 Udine-Tre Cm Lavaredo, 170 km |
Stage time results annulled * |
Silvano Schiavon (Ita) |
Stage 20 Cortina d'Ampezzo-Trto, 235 km |
Vittorio Adorni (Ita) |
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) |
Stage 21 Trente-Tirano, 153 km |
Marcello Mugnaini (Ita) |
Felice Gimondi (Ita) |
Stage 22a Tirano-Madonna Ghisallo, 137 km |
Aurelio Gonzales (Spa) |
Felice Gimondi (Ita) |
Stage 22b Madonna Ghisallo-Milan, 68 km |
Willy Planckaert (Bel) |
 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
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Mountain Classification |
Aurelio Gonzales (Spa) |
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Points Classification |
Dino Zandegu (Ita) |
GdI May 20 - June 11, 1967 |
| 3,572 Km |
1. Felice GIMONDI (Ita) 101h05'34" |
| 2. Franco Balmamion (Ita) +3'36" |
| 3.
Jacques Anquetil (Fra) +3'45" |
Starters: 130 |
| Finishers: 70 |
Average Speed: 35.339 km/h |
GdI 1968
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